Courage...

It's really hard to move forward on our greatest dreams and biggest goals because they invariably require us to do things we have never done before, overcome the fears that have held us back before, or develop skills in areas we have never been skilled.

The knack, I have learned, is to focus on the thing we need, not on the thing we have, to focus on the skill and not the gap, on the courage and not the fear. It doesn’t change the work required, but it does make our focus a lot more positive…